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Costa Rica Included In Starbucks’ Next Phase of Coffee Tree Donation Program

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Starbucks has announced a new phase of its coffee tree donation program, with Costa Rica among the countries selected to receive trees as the...
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NASA Releases Picture of Earthset Photo by Artemis Crew

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NASA released a historic photograph of Earth dipping below the lunar horizon, more than 57 years after an iconic "Earthrise" image was captured by...
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Costa Rica

Don’t Get Caught in the Rain: Costa Rica’s Weather Forecast for This Week

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The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) is forecasting variable conditions across Costa Rica this week, with weak trade winds driving heat, humidity, and afternoon storm...
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Latin America

Panama’s Bridge of the Americas Closed After Fuel Truck Blast

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One worker died and two firefighters suffered minor burns Monday when a tanker truck exploded at a private fuel terminal beneath the Bridge of...
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Expat Living

Costa Rica’s Banco Nacional changes BN Móvil and online banking access

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Banco Nacional customers in Costa Rica will now need to use a new access system for the bank’s digital channels, as changes affecting BN...
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Arts and Culture

Transitarte Returns to San José With Larger Program

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San José is preparing for the return of Transitarte this week, with the annual urban arts festival set for April 10, 11 and 12...
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Artemis II Enters Final Moon Approach as Orion Nears Historic Lunar Flyby

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The astronauts of the Artemis II mission are making history by venturing farther into space than any human before and catching live glimpses of...
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Honduras

Eight Killed in Honduras Bus and Tanker Truck Crash

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At least eight people died and eight others were injured when a bus collided head-on with a tanker truck on a major highway in...
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El Salvador

El Salvador Mass Trials Raise Fears Innocent People Will Pay

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Williams Díaz was detained by soldiers more than three years ago while on his way to work. Today, in El Salvador’s mega-prison for gang...
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Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rican Film Leaf Architects Nominated for Santiago Wild Film Festival

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A Costa Rican documentary short about leaf-cutting bats has earned a spot in the international competition at the Santiago Wild Film Festival, Latin America’s...
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Costa Rica’s Golfo Dulce to Host International Sport Fishing Tournament

Golfo Dulce is gearing up to host the Battle of the Bay, a sport fishing tournament set to take place from May 8 to...
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Costa Rica Police Continue Probe Into Disappearance of Nicaraguan Mother

Costa Rica is continuing to investigate the disappearance of a foreign woman in Santa Ana, a case that has drawn wider attention after new...
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The Cologne Scent Scientists Use to Photograph Jaguars in Costa Rica

Civetone is a powerful macrocyclic ketone and the primary odoriferous constituent of natural civet. Known for its warm, intensely animalic, and powdery-musky scent, it...
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Panama Could Be the Next Costa Rica 2014 Says Dely Valdés

Panamanian soccer legend Julio César Dely Valdés believes his country’s national team can be a breakout story at the 2026 World Cup. His title...
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